You see it in the news with regularity in recent years: major hacks and blackmail cases facing companies and government agencies. Pretty scary! Online burglars can also misuse your data and data, which they can use to perform actions in your name. As a small or medium-sized business, you naturally want to avoid becoming a victim of this. How do you do that? We give some tips in this blog.
Do you want to be assured of a well-secured website, without having to worry about it or do any work for it yourself? Then let Monkey Vision design your new website for you. When you let us make your new website design, we immediately take all security aspects into account. Moreover, we make websites with WordPress: a CMS system with good security features.
Why does an SME get hacked?
Why are SME websites hacked at all? An SME is not a large party like a tax authority, hospital or educational institution. So what's a hacker really looking for in your Web site? A hacker may have several reasons to break into your website, of which these are the most common:
- De hacker wil webpagina’s of links op jouw website plaatsen. Zo creëert hij meer traffic naar zijn eigen website.
- The hacker can abuse your server and make it participate in a DDOS attack with the goal of taking down another website.
- The hacker can start spreading spam from your server. This is done through unsolicited emails. You know them: the viagra offers and other strange emails with sender you don't know. In most cases, these kinds of emails are spread from a hacked website.
- The hacker places phishing links on your website. Through these links, people land on ecommerce stores where (after a purchase) access is gained to their data, such as credit card and/or PIN information. With all its consequences.
Preventing hacks
Hoe kun je zo’n hack voorkomen? Als je een nieuwe website laat maken in Nijmegen door Monkey Vision is jouw website sowieso beveiligd. Dat is ook een groot voordeel van een website laten maken door een professioneel webdesignbureau: aan alles wordt gedacht, van webdesign tot beveiliging.
What are aspects you can take into account yourself, or what we can take into account for you if you let us create your website?
Strong password
Scripts allow hackers to guess your password. These scripts can be used to quickly try all kinds of combinations. The longer and more complex your password, the more combinations are possible and the more difficult it is (even with a script) to guess.
A strong password consists of:
- A not obvious combination
- Small print
- Capital Letters
- Figures
- About 15 characters
- Symbols, such as !@#$%*()_+ etc.
And this is what you do not:
- An obvious word-digit combination like "test123" or "ww12345"
- Your username, ¨admin¨ or ¨administrator¨
- The name of family, your partner, pet
- The same password you already use for several accounts
- A date of birth (of yourself, partner or child)
2. Strong username
A strong username is also important. Never use obvious admin or administrator usernames or simply your own name, for example. Use a combination of numbers, lower and upper case letters and symbols. Then also change your username "Admin" immediately. This is automatically created when you use a WordPress CMS and all hackers know that.
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Regular backups
Make sure you backup your files and database regularly. Have you fallen victim to a hack? Then use your backup to restore the most recent version of your website.
4. Secure web hosting
Your web hosting is an important part of your website's security. A good web host secures the server and keeps an eye on whether your website visitors may be unwanted. Often websites are placed by the a web host in a shared environment, where multiple websites run on a single server. If one of these websites is hacked, the hacker will also have access to the other websites in this shared environment. A good web host is protected against this. So our tip is to check with your web host if you are not sure about this.
Website with good security
Er zijn nog veel meer aspecten die komen kijken bij een goede beveiliging, zoals het regelmatig updaten van thema´s en plugins en het aanpassen van de WordPress-content. Als je een website laat maken in Nijmegen door Monkey Vision, houden wij rekening met al deze aspecten die van belang zijn bij een goede beveiliging.
Wondering if your website is secure or want it better secured? We can check and improve it for you or create a completely new website design: it's just what you want! Let us know if you have any concerns about this and we will be happy to discuss them with you.
